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Spot Forecast for Soda Springs Fire
National Weather Service Missoula MT
1021 AM MDT Thu Jul 3 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1000 MDT on July 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Today the threat from thunderstorms is 10% or less,
any storms that form will be well south and east of the complex.
Clouds increase during the morning and by 9am a shower or embedded
thunderstorm is possible, most likely though precipitation will
not start until noon. The initial storms may be capable of gusty
outflow winds up to 35 mph. After just expect showers to produce
moderate to heavy precipitation. There is a wide range total
precipitation due to the convective nature of the system, overall
a wetting rain is 80% probable.

.REST OF TODAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny. Isolated thunderstorm.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....Up to 10 percent.
* Max Temperature.....82-87.
* Min Humidity........18-23 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-4 mph becoming northwest 5-7 mph
  with gusts to 15 mph in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......6500 ft agl increasing to 9500 ft agl in the
  afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........West 15 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.TONIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....Up to 10 percent.
* Min Temperature.....50-55.
* Max Humidity........60-65 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Northwest 5-7 mph in the evening becoming
  variable 2-4 mph.
* Mixing Height.......6500 ft agl decreasing to 1500 ft agl early
  in the evening.
* Mixing Winds........North 5 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.01 inches.

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Cloudy. Chance of rain in the morning, then
  rain showers and chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...80 percent.
* Chance Lightning....40 percent.
* Max Temperature.....67-72.
* Min Humidity........50-55 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-4 mph becoming northwest 6-10
  mph gusts from thunderstorms up to 35 mph in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......4000 ft agl increasing to 4500 ft agl late in
  the afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........South 5 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.16-0.57 inches.

$$
Forecaster...BEC
Requested by...David Fox
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2517210.0/MSO
.DELDT 07/03/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL bret.lewis@usda.gov,david.fox@usda.gov